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The Snapping Point of Lasting Change

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The Snapping Point of Lasting Change and Finding Compassion When People are Petty
The Snapping Point of Lasting Change and Finding Compassion When People are Petty
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The Snapping Point of Lasting Change and Finding Compassion When People are Petty
January 9, 2016

We all have a snapping point and it can change our world when it happens.

I remember the first time I stood up for myself. I was 10. The bully up the street came over and we had just finished wrestling (as boys tend to do). I was done. He wasn’t.

I sat down, tired, and not interested in wrestling anymore. And he came up to me and said, “Come on, let’s wrestle some more.” I was like, “Nope, I’m done. I’m too tired, and don’t want to wrestle anymore.”

He further badgered me, “Come on, let’s wrestle again!”

“No. I don’t want to.”

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Filed Under: Behavior, Beliefs, Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Personal Boundaries Tagged With: anger, boiling point, snapping point

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